dawn

twilight, dawn, dusk

名词 dawn:

1. the first light of day
   同义词：dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
2. the earliest period
   同义词：morning
3. an opening time period

动词 dawn:

1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
   同义词：click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
2. appear or develop
3. become light

1. The diligent student gets up before dawn every day.
   这个勤奋的学生每天天亮以前就起床了。
2. The morning dawned clear after the rain.
   雨后的清晨，天一破晓就晴空万里。

dawn

n.（名词）
The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
黎明：每天早晨日光刚刚出现的那段时间
A first appearance; a beginning:
最先出现；开端：
例句：
the dawn of history.See Synonyms at beginning
历史的起源参见 beginning

v.intr.（不及物动词）
dawned,dawn.ing,dawns
To begin to become light in the morning.
破晓，日出：在早晨天开始变亮
To begin to appear or develop; emerge.
初现：开始出现或发展；出现
To begin to be perceived or understood:
渐渐明白：开始被察觉或理解：
例句：
Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.
不久我们才意识到危险的存在

来源：
From Middle English daunen [to dawn]
源自 中古英语 daunen [出现]
probably a back-formation from dauning [daybreak]
可能源自 dauning的逆成词 [黎明]
alteration of dauing
dauing的变化
from Old English dagung
源自 古英语 dagung
from dagian [to dawn] * see agh-
源自 dagian [破晓] *参见 agh-